Kelly v. St. Vincent Hospital

OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The appeal involves 1) whether New Mexico should recognize a common law theory of judicial review of staffing decisions made by the board of a private non-profit hospital, and 2) whether there are genuine issues of material fact that the hospital tortiously interfered with the plaintiff doctor’s contractual relations with his patients. In this opinion, we recognize a common law theory of judicial review, but we hold, under the circumstances of this case, that there is no genuine issue…